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Rethinking the contract‐failure theory
American Business Law Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The contract‐failure theory posits that the nonprofit form can be an indicator of high product quality because the nondistribution constraint reduces the nonprofit manager's financial benefits from cheating. This would give nonprofits an advantage over for‐profit firms when consumers cannot determine product quality and thus explains ...
Yumiao Wang
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Coffee, Tea or …? : Gender and Politeness in Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) [PDF]
Research shows that electronic communication has affected written language significantly. The increasing importance of use of Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) in organizations has multiple implications for use of written language at workplace.
Kaul, Asha, Kulkarni Vaibhavi
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Power, costs, collective action, bargaining, and solidarity
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Some argue that the more costly it would be to exercise one's power over an issue, the less power one inherently has over it. I challenge this thesis with two major objections—one conceptual, the other practical or explanatory—contending that costs influence issue‐power not inherently but contingently in specifically strategic contexts.
Arash Abizadeh
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Analisis Kesantunan Berbahasa Mahasiswa di Lingkungan Kampus STIT NU Al-Mahsuni Lombok Timur
EstetikLanguage politeness is one aspect of language that must receive serious attention in communicating in religious universities. The application of language politeness is a necessity in order to maintain the cultural values of language politeness which ...
Ade Jauhari
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Conversational Implicature and Politeness Principles in Sumbawanese Daily Conversations
Jurnal Kependidikan, 2017 This study investigated convesational implicatures and politeness principles in Sumbawanese daily conversations. This study concerned on examining several forms of violation in each maxim of Cooperative Principle and Politeness Principle.
Erlin Pebriantika
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Macau as Method: Recombinant Urbanism in Post‐Socialist China
Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In ‘Asia as Method’, Chen Kuan‐Hsing argues for the value of an indigenous inter‐Asian approach to analysing the effects of European imperialism on the countries and citizens of Asia. This article mobilises both Chen's inter‐Asian referencing strategy and the city‐state of Macau to explore Macau's role in China's engagements with global ...
Tim Simpson
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STANCE OF APPROBATION AND GENEROSITY MAXIMS: A CASE STUDY OF A RURAL-BASED COMMUNITY
E-Journal of Cultural StudiesThe politeness maxims have been sustaining peace and harmony among rural communities from times immemorial by minimising the expression of praise of self and maximising the expression of dispraise of self.
Farisani Thomas Nephawe
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The principles of communicative language use [PDF]
, 2004 The paper aims to overview some typical principles of communicative language use in a cognitive pragmatic approach applying a reductionist method in order to demonstrate that the well-known principles can be reduced to a very general rationality (economy)
András Kertész +42 more
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Underutilised crops in Europe: An interdisciplinary approach towards sustainable practices
Archaeometry, EarlyView.Abstract In the context of a rapidly growing global population and significant climatic and environmental change, there is an urgent need to produce nutritious food in a sustainable manner. Some crops are underutilised in Europe, despite their suitability to local environments, viability for sustainable production and potential to improve diets.
Meriel McClatchie +18 more
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